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My name is Tani...and I believe in miracles : the amazing true story of one boy's journey from refugee to chess champion
- Title
- My name is Tani...and I believe in miracles : the amazing true story of one boy's journey from refugee to chess champion / Tani Adewumi with Kayode and Oluwatoyin Adewumi and Craig Borlase.
- Author
- Adewumi, Tani, 2010-
- Publication
- Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2020]
- ©2020
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- Description
- xi, 207 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Shares the story of an eight-year-old Nigerian immigrant whose family had to flee to the United States after being threatened by terrorists, and in one year became a chess champion.
- Subject
- Adewumi, Tani, 2010-
- 2010 (Motion picture)
- Immigrant children > Nigeria > Biography
- Immigrant children > United States > Biography
- Nigerians > United States > Biography
- Nigerian Americans > Biography
- Immigrants > Nigeria > Biography
- Chess > Biography
- Chess > Tournaments
- Nigerian Americans
- Chess
- Immigrant children
- Immigrants
- Nigerians
- Nigeria
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- When danger knocks -- Searching for home -- Hope restored -- Generous people -- Blessed.
- Call Number
- Sc E 23-1255
- ISBN
- 9780785232711
- 0785232710
- LCCN
- 2019952508
- OCLC
- 1150947122
- Author
- Adewumi, Tani, 2010- author.
- Title
- My name is Tani...and I believe in miracles : the amazing true story of one boy's journey from refugee to chess champion / Tani Adewumi with Kayode and Oluwatoyin Adewumi and Craig Borlase.
- Publisher
- Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2020]
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Adewumi, Kayode, author.Adewumi, Oluwatoyin, author.Borlase, Craig, author.W Publishing Group, publisher.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 23-1255